«Melville at his best invariably wrote from a sort of dream self, so that events which he relates as actual fact have indeed a far deeper reference to his own soul, his own inner life.» — D.H. Lawrence.Here are ten stories that represent some of the best short work of American master Herman Melville.Bartleby, the scrivener: a story of Wall-Street —Cock-a-doodle-doo! or Th«Melville at his best invariably wrote from a sort of dream self, so that events which he relates as actual fact have indeed a far deeper reference to his own soul, his own inner life.» — D.H. Lawrence.Here are ten stories that represent some of the best short work of American master Herman Melville.Bartleby, the scrivener: a story of Wall-Street —Cock-a-doodle-doo! or The crowing of the noble cock Beneventano —The two temples —The happy failure: a story of the River Hudson —The lightning-rod man —The fiddler —The paradise of bachelors and the tartarus of maids —I and my chimney —The piazza —Daniel Orme —